1000 Hours of Houdini

I'm still a long way from mastering Houdini, but this is a collection of 1000 hours of learning this powerful 3D animation and VFX software. Work from my first steps as a beginner to my later progressions. Along the way, I'll keep sharing my experiences, challenges, and successes, and I'd like to give a shout out to some of the amazing Houdini mentors who have helped me along the way, such as JohnKunz and everyone on his discord, Matt Estela from cgwiki/Tokeru, Steven Knipping and the guys from AppliedHoudini. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out with Houdini, I hope you enjoy!
Next up is combining this with Unreal Engine!

[@williammorris7053]

Starts out great and progressively becomes more and more spectacular including fascinating concepts, keep up the awesome work!!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you I really appreciate it!

[@tylerstrasser2073]

That 3dx max crash flag! Omg! :D @2:58

[@MitchellSaunders]

My main motivation

[@Bullitain]

love seeing these kind of progress reels, keep at it!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! Can't wait to get to 2000

[@zenmastera.i.4308]

I´m proud to be your 97th subscriber. Super underated channel ! Stay Zen.

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'll make a little fun 100 subs simulation video

[@ianhit]

Super work, Mitchell. Keep going. I have been at Houdini for ages, and still struggle with the basics.

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks and things are definitely cooking 🎧

[@sushilskolia]

Awesome to see such videos on my feed !

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@SpaghettioH]

This is incredible and i can't wait to see how you go combining it with UE.

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! I'll try get as much Unreal in as possible

[@viewee22]

Gorgeous!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@filipvabrousek6900]

Well done! Keep it up!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Will do!

[@shivdholakia]

Nice, thanks for sharing!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks for watching!

[@pragmaticvfx]

Nice works mate! Keep going :)

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you I appreciate it!

[@arnabpandit478]

just mind blowing

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@edgubaev]

Awesome! Good Job!!!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@RMAFIRE]

Spectacular 🔥🙂

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks 🔥

[@intaen]

nice work!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you!

[@tarunkumaarsuraram3440]

man you are amazing 😍

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks I really appreciate it!

[@Displant]

Nice job man

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@ahmedmohamed-ct8st]

Very nice and clean, I have been thinking about moving to Houdini as well would you share any resources that helped you, and what render engine did you have is it a built in like karma or external like redshift

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! If you check the description I mentioned a few good ones and I mainly use redshift but I'm slowly starting to use karma here and there

[@ahmedmohamed-ct8st]

@@MitchellSaunders thanks for your response, I appreciate it,. I am using redshift as well

[@xdmomento7303]

That autodesk crash message flag is a whole mood

[@MitchellSaunders]

I should make more simulations using that image to make a compilation

[@alialzidany3d]

Absolutely amazing My mind is blown away by this amazing work I'm still a beginner I tried to create something like that fluid dancing guy but I couldn't really get the his shape to look like a human at all All details were washed out Can I ask how did you create it?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! I think if I remember correctly I had to make the hand smaller/thinner or the details were lost. Almost like bones instead of hands

[@Byronx3000]

3:12 what a master piece, so well done. I'm trying to learn houdini but I'm getting stuck, any advice on getting better at it? Great job!

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks I appreciate it! I definitely think starting with the simple stuff is crucial. I think there's a new series called learning Houdini correctly or you're learning Houdini wrong, something like that and people have said it's great!

[@j_shelby_damnwird]

Thanks for sharing, really puts things into perspective. Houdini apprentice here... my ultimate goal for learning Houdini is to use it for modeling and 3D printing complex abstract sculptures; I know ZBrush or Blender are already used for that end, but some of my 2D concepts are just too complex to sculpt or model by "traditional" means, (maybe I´m just a lazy bastard and I just don´t have the disposition to spend hours working on myriad details, "by hand" ). I´ve seen impressive abstract work by some artists working with Houdini, procedural seems to me the way to go, but there´s very little information out there about Houdini being used for physical output. Most of the learning material out there is VFX-oriented. Would you say Houdini is the way to go or should I invest my time and efforts elsewhere?

[@MitchellSaunders]

It's definitely a steep learning curve but the possibilities are almost limitless in terms of what you mentioned, so I think it just depends how much you want to make your idea

[@daisyfitzgerald8523]

Good job

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!!

[@qulzam685]

envious

[@entopticmedia]

lol at the Autodesk crash report flag - bravo :D

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@alexandera.7127]

That looks awesome. How does the effect at 0:40 work?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you! That was probably one of the harder things I've ever done. Basically it's from MerkVilson's tutorial on lesterbanks, then I made a setup to blend between two sets of points and reverse the second half

[@alexandera.7127]

@@MitchellSaunders Thank you for the detailed reply, will definitely check it out.

[@felixxia3604]

one day = 10 hours. today is last day of my 5th week with houdini. 5x7x10 = 350 hours. i am no where near the skills involved to create this video. jeeshh

[@MitchellSaunders]

This was over the course of a year so it helps a lot when you have time to let what you learn sink in and give your ideas time to evolve 🦥

[@felsina1]

Very nice ! Are you in a 3d school ?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thank you! No, I currently work as an archviz artist but just do Houdini in my free time

[@felsina1]

@@MitchellSaunders Whoaaw that insane so you learned 3D and Houdini Fx by yourself ?

[@silvercrow3007]

@@MitchellSaunders Do you have to know computer science like the python language? (to learn houdini)

[@silvercrow3007]

@@felsina1 I would also like to know. if you have any idea, please let me know

[@felsina1]

@@silvercrow3007 possible to reach this level by yourself but you have to be a real passionate of vfx and all hard stuff will become ez trust me just practice

[@hyunsulee1212]

Where did you learn that?

[@MitchellSaunders]

A little bit of everything

[@user-xs9lx2vb9m]

Did you do any online courses?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Nope

[@kangdawang8541]

where to learn your tutorial?

[@MitchellSaunders]

If you check the video description I listed some good learning resources

[@chohamin4300]

Cool Stuff!! Where can i get this tut? 3:45

[@MitchellSaunders]

I think it was from cgforce, vex foundations 1

[@darkseidgaming8521]

Very nice work. Are you following tutorials?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! In the beginning I was, but I found just exploring the most basic elements much more beneficial for learning

[@darkseidgaming8521]

@@MitchellSaunders I myself had been taking courses with Rebelway but im also finding it more beneficial to just study what’s necessary as it comes up with what ideas I have in mind.

[@luisnakamuras]

gostei

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks!

[@rufikatura4798]

Where are you working right now ?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Mainly London

[@Joker-oq6pm]

Error of 3ds max, dude that's was funny))

[@MitchellSaunders]

The symbol of Autodesk

[@saidbr5994]

What specs do u have

[@MitchellSaunders]

3995wx, 128gb ram, 3090 then also a MacBook air for the lighter stuff

[@saidbr5994]

@@MitchellSaunders beast of a rig , i tried learnning houdini but my specs where very limitied everytime i run a simulation my pc just dies so for the mean time iam just learnning blender , great work tho homie

[@m1kefx231]

@@MitchellSaunders do you think houdini runs nice for 32 gb of ram?

[@muhammedendesutku2714]

i have gtx 1050 , can i start the journey

[@MitchellSaunders]

Absolutely! When I started I had a quadro 4000 and it was absolutely useless. The benefit of having a lower card is you learn to optimise 💪🏻

[@muhammedendesutku2714]

@@MitchellSaunders thank you so much

[@anangabaral963]

sir, make some tutorial for us to learn houdini

[@MitchellSaunders]

Maybe one day 🙌

[@sagar-yg6rl]

Make some tutorials

[@MitchellSaunders]

Maybe some day 💥

[@MGInspiration]

3:01 it's made me upset

[@MitchellSaunders]

Same

[@baskapes762]

Looking at these, Im pumped to start Houdini. Then realising it's not like a regular 3d software, I come back to youtube to see showreels.

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! It's totally worth it in the long run and don't worry I quit so many times in the beginning 😂

[@hokagepath4936]

when did u started learning ? and how much time u used to put each day ?

[@MitchellSaunders]

I'd say probably 2 years ago and in the beginning maybe 1 hour every day or so, then towards the end between 1-8 hours a day depending on how much free time I have

[@anseltrust]

dope bro, is there any social media account u have?

[@MitchellSaunders]

Thanks! I do, it's just the same as my KZbin channel